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Scientific Name: Philyra globus (Fabricius, 1775)
English Name: Pebble Crab.
Local/Bangla Name: Motor Kakra (মটর কাঁকড়া)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Leucosiidae
Description:
The carapace of this crab has a very small, dotted surface. The margins of the external maxillipeds are also very small and dotted, and the exopod is square-shaped and shovel-like. The anterolateral margin is slightly wavy, and the posterolateral margin is arched.The fused male abdominal segments 3-6 have granulate basal knobs that are separated by a concavity. Lower margin is bicarinate (has two ridges) in males, but unicarinate (has one ridge) in females.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans area, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine (Benthic)
Main References:

Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (Eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp

Other References:

IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 6: Crustaceans. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh. pp. xvi+256

Alam N, Chakraborty S, Hossain MdM, Baki MA, Alam SMI, Li CH (2020) Brachyuran Crab Fauna Character Estimated from Marine Water of Bangladesh and Noted New Record (Crustacea: Decapoda) as Distribution. Open Journal of Marine Science, 10, 218-232.

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